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South Dakota
South Dakota
(;
locally
) is a state located in the
Midwestern region
of the
United States
. It is named after the
Lakota
and Dakota
Sioux
Native American
tribes. South Dakota is the
17th most extensive
, but the
5th least populous
and the
5th least densely populated
of the
50 United States
. Once the southern portion of the
Dakota Territory
, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with
North Dakota
.
Pierre
is the state capital and
Sioux Falls
, with a population of about 165,000, is South Dakota's largest city.
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